Improvement in bale-ties



UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIcEl VILLIAM A. JORDAN, OF NEW ORLEANS, LA.,ASSIGNOR 4OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO GEO. S.` ROUDEBUSH, OF CRYSTALSPRINGS, MISS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,380, dated May 18,1875; application filed January 16, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. JORDAN, a resident of the city of NewOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Bale Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull. clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for securing the ends ofmetallic bands surrounding bales of cotton or other nierchandize.

'lhe special object of my improvement is to prevent, by means offriction-lips, the short ends of the bands from springing back andslipping out of their respective recesses in the tie-plate when thestrain is brought to bear upon them by the expansion of the bale.

rIhe construction of my improved device and its mode ot' applicationWill be much more readily understood by referring to the drawing, onwhich- Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 isalso a perspective View, showing the manner in which the short endsofthe bale-band are held when the fastening is complete. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the device, with the opposite ends of abale-band secured thereto.

From the position which the short ends of the band are forced to assumeby reason of their impinging against the friction-lips ot' the device,as shown at Figs. 2 and 3, it is evident that the fastening Will holdequally Well whether the lips of the device and short ends ofthe bandsbe facing to or from the bale.

Referring to the drawing, A represents my improved tie-plate; and b b'the friction lips or guards, which are stamped from the inte rior of theplate by means of a pair of suitable dies and a press. It will beobserved that the central portion of these lips project somewhat beyondthe lips proper, and that the plate itself is arched from the bearingsof the device, the crown ofthe said arch forming the base of the lips.The arch or curve ot' tie-plate not only provides more facility for theinsertion of the ends of the hands through the recesses c c', but servesto draw the band-seats nearer together, hence allowing the lips as wellas their projections to extend a considerable distance forward over thefolded ends of the bands.

If preferred, the lips b b may be provided with two or more projections,as shown; although this is not deemed necessary, inasmuch as the lips,without the central projections, will answer all practical purposes, andwhich is due to the arch formation of the plate; but, shouldthe plate bedat, and the slots provided for the insertion ot' theV bands, being theresult ot' depressing or arching the tongue, then the projections on thelips b bl are important, as they, and they alone, would provide thebearings against which the short end of the band would impinge.

Itis proper herein to mention that, although my plate is described asbeing curved from the band-seats, the same object, viz., the projectionof the lips over the said band-seats, may be accomplished by raising thecenter of ofthe tie-plate in any other form.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A bale-tie, from the raised portion of which lips extend forward overtheband-seat, as and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM A. JORDAN.

